Species: Charina bottae

Northern Rubber Boa
Species

    A smooth, shiny, stout-bodied snake that looks and feels like rubber; tail is short, blunt, and shaped somewhat like the head; dorsal scales are small; dorsum of adult is plain brown to olive green, venter is cream to yellow, sometimes with dark flecks or brown, orange, or black mottling; young are pinkish to tan above, light yellow to pink below; top of head is covered with large symmetrical plates; pupil is vertically oval; males and some females have a spur on each side in the anal region; total length of adults usually is 35-83 cm (Stebbins 1985).

    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Reptilia

    Order

    Squamata

    Family

    Boidae

    Genus

    Charina

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Reptiles - Snakes
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Reptilia - Squamata - Boidae - Charina - as a distinct species.

    A smooth, shiny, stout-bodied snake that looks and feels like rubber; tail is short, blunt, and shaped somewhat like the head; dorsal scales are small; dorsum of adult is plain brown to olive green, venter is cream to yellow, sometimes with dark flecks or brown, orange, or black mottling; young are pinkish to tan above, light yellow to pink below; top of head is covered with large symmetrical plates; pupil is vertically oval; males and some females have a spur on each side in the anal region; total length of adults usually is 35-83 cm (Stebbins 1985).

    Short General Description
    A stout-bodied, rubbery-looking snake.
    Migration
    true - false - false
    Non-migrant
    true
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Diet includes mice, shrews, lizards, lizard eggs, snakes, and small birds. Kills prey by constriction.
    Reproduction Comments
    Live-bearing; 2-8 young are born August-November.
    Length
    84
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2006-08-30
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-10-29
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    GH - 1,000,000 square miles) - GH - (Rodriguez-Robles et al. 2001, Crother 2008).
    Global Range Code
    GH
    Global Range Description
    1,000,000 square miles)
    ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.828493